Statue
created - c.1670-1673The statues of Galicanus and
Norbert (140) were the last two placed on the curved sections
of the colonnades.

Sculptor
- Lazzaro MorelliMorelli was the most prolific of the
artists working for Bernini on the colonnade statues, with
over 45 of the saints attributed to him.

Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertineGallicanus is represented
as a Roman soldier. He keeps his left hand on his shield
and brings his right to his chest. This work joins a group of
soldiers; Sts Didymus (32), Dionysus (96), Romanus (99), and
Theodore (138). There is also a stylistic correspondence
with Sts. Peter Celestine (111) and Francis Xavier (121).

Ovinius Gallicanus is considered the historical personage for
this saint. He was a Roman senator and probably the
first Christian Roman consul. He may be the same
Gallicanus who donated to the cost of the Constantinian
basilica at Ostia. His relics are at Rome in the church of
Sant'Andrea della Valle

Due to
a confusion with the historical record, scholars find unreliable, the story of a
soldier martyr in Alexandria under Julian the Apostate.
Gallicanus was removed from the Roman Martyrology, 2001

St Gallicanus statue after 2014 Restoration

As the first statue on the
north (right) colonnade, St. Gallicanus doesn't actually face
into the Square, but toward the front opening